Castlefest

Castlefest is a middle age and fantasy festival, which has been held since 2005 at the beginning of August in the gardens of Castle Keukenhof in Lisse in The Netherlands. The festival last for three days, including an opening concert on the Thursday evening.
The castle grounds are transformed to a lively middle age city with a market and showcases a lot of old crafts, like forging, sculpting and leatherworking. Visitors are encouraged to dress up and al lot of visitors come in beautiful crafted costumes.